Medical Emergencies in Eating Disorders – what you need to know (recording)

This webinar looked at ‘Medical Emergencies in Eating Disorders (MEED)’ the new guidance, produced by the Royal College of Psychiatrists and endorsed by the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, with perspectives from clinicians, paediatricians, dieticians, parents/carers, and lived experience. It was organised by the London and South East ACAMH Branch.

15 November 2022

Associations between dimensions of mental health literacy and adolescent help-seeking intentions

Open Access paper from the CAMH journal – “This study examines associations between dimensions of mental health literacy (MHL) and formal and informal help-seeking intentions among adolescents. It also investigates whether informal help-seeking mediates the association between dimensions of MHL and formal help-seeking, and whether these associations are moderated by gender”. Claire Goodfellow (pic) et al.

14 November 2022

The relationship between perceived income inequality, adverse mental health and interpersonal difficulties in UK adolescents

Open Access paper from the JCPP – “The salience of economic inequalities in proximal social environments (e.g. among friends) in early adolescence could further amplify the negative effects of economic disadvantage on mental health and behavioural difficulties during this period”. Blanca Piera Pi-Sunyer et al.

14 November 2022

Trauma & Looked After Children

ACAMH in collaboration with Child and Family Training (C&FT) and Improved Futures (IF) present a series of Briefing Seminars on ‘Dealing with distress, restoring well-being, and promoting resilience of Looked After Children and young people who have suffered extensive trauma’.

Event type

4 x 2 hour webinars

Location

LIVE STREAM

Addiction & Substance Use – Ask The Expert (recording)

For this session for teachers and education professionals we welcomed Dr. Paolo Deluca to share his knowledge and insights into addiction and substance use amongst young people.

10 November 2022

Adverse Childhood Experiences for schools – a MindEd e-learning Training (recording)

This free session was the second of ACAMH’s Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Special Interest Group Monthly seminars. In this session we discussed ‘Adverse Childhood Experiences for schools – a MindEd e-learning Training’.

7 November 2022

ACAMH Awards 2022 Results

Congratulations to all winners and nominees of the ACAMH Awards 2022.

4 November 2022

Celebrating the life and work of Professor Sir Michael Rutter 

On 27 June 2022, King’s College London welcomed friends, family and colleagues from across the globe to share Sir Michael’s impact on them, their work, and the field of child psychiatry.

2 November 2022

The role nutrition can play in mood and behaviour

BOOKINGS CLOSE 9am on THURSDAY 12 JANUARY – This webinar is an essential introduction to understanding of the role that nutrition can play in mood and behaviour.

Event type

Talk with Q&A

Location

LIVE STREAM

JCPP Editorial: Volume 63, Issue 10, October 2022

Editorial: “Does the polygenic revolution herald a watershed in the study of GE interplay in developmental psychopathology? Some considerations for the Special Issue reader” by Edward D. Barker, Barbara Maughan, Andrea Allegrini, Jean Baptiste Pingault and Edmund Sonuga-Barke

24 October 2022